Reading: Vietnamese Pho

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For the teacher: Give students 12 minutes to read the short article and complete the eight questions. Review the automatic feedback together to check key details.

For the learner: Read the article once from start to finish and check the word list below it. Then answer the questions in order, from question 1 to question 8.

A Warm Bowl of Pho

Pho is a famous Vietnamese noodle soup. People first wrote about pho in the early 20th century, in northern Vietnam. Today, many people in Vietnam eat a warm bowl of pho for breakfast before work or school.

The main ingredients in the soup are rice noodles, a hot broth, meat, and fresh herbs. Cooks usually make pho with beef or chicken. Hanoi pho and Saigon pho are different styles: the noodles, the broth, and the herbs are not the same in each city.

Word Help:

ingredients: the different foods you mix together to make a dish.
broth: a clear soup made by cooking meat and bones in hot water.
herbs: small green plants that give food fresh taste and smell.

1. True or False: Pho is a noodle soup from Vietnam.

____ True ____ False

2. When did people first write about pho?

____ a. In the early 20th century ____ b. In the late 19th century ____ c. In the 21st century

3. Where did people first write about pho?

____ a. In central Vietnam ____ b. In northern Vietnam ____ c. In southern Vietnam

4. Which meal do many people in Vietnam eat pho for?

____ a. Dinner ____ b. Lunch ____ c. Breakfast

5. Which two kinds of meat do cooks usually put in pho? (Choose both)

____ Beef ____ Pork ____ Chicken ____ Fish

6. Match each ingredient to what it is in the soup:

Item

Hot soup base

Made of rice

Green plants

Broth

____Hot soup base ____Made of rice ____Green plants

Noodles

____Hot soup base ____Made of rice ____Green plants

Herbs

____Hot soup base ____Made of rice ____Green plants

7. Are Hanoi pho and Saigon pho the same or different?

____ They are the same ____ They are different

8. Fill in the blank: The three things that are not the same in Hanoi pho and Saigon pho are the broth, the herbs, and the ___.

____

How to use this lesson

A Warm Bowl of Pho

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